Directory of Mark Twain's maxims, quotations, and various opinions:

ENJOYMENT

When I'm playful I use the meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude
for a seine, and drag the Atlantic Ocean for whales. I scratch my head with
the lightning and purr myself to sleep with the thunder.
- Life on the Mississippi

It is the epitome of life. The first half of it consists of the capacity to
enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.
- Letter to Edward Dimmitt, 7/19/1901